Rover Pre-Wilks roadster?
Rover Pre-Wilks roadster?
I found this photograph on http://www.oily-rag.net. To the left of the Alfa Romeo, the green ragtop roadster, appears to be a pre-Wilks Rover. Do you happen to know it? What model/year is it?
Klaus
1954 Rover 90 (LHD)
1954 Rover 90 (LHD)
Re: Rover Pre-Wilks roadster?
Thanks luli, info much appreciated. Has been on auction in 2003, here's the description for future reference:
1932 Rover 10/25hp 'Nizam' Roadster
Coachwork by Carbodies Registration no. PN 9345 Chassis no. 73043/T Engine no. 73043 Already established as a maker of quality cycles, the Rover company, of Coventry, diversified into car and motorcycle production in the early 1900s. Its first efforts were tri-cars, the first four-wheeled Rover appearing in 1904. The best-selling Rover in the immediate post-war years was the economy class twin-cylinder Eight. This was succeeded by the 9/20, a larger car with four-cylinder, water-cooled, overhead- valve engine, which in turn gave way to the 10/25 for 1928. The latter was improved for 1931, gaining a wider and lower chassis, all-steel bodywork and a four-speed gearbox, before being superseded by an entirely new Ten in 1933. In the early 1930s Rover offered a wide variety of catalogued custom body styles, including the 'Nizam' built by Carbodies of Coventry, of which the car offered here is a fine example. On the 1.2-litre 10/25 chassis the cost was E168. The Museum acquired the car from the Rover Company Ltd, who had already restored it both bodily and mechanically, in 1964. Last MoT'd in 1985, the vehicle is a runner but needs some cosmetic work. It is offered with notes from Rover historian H P Light, old-style logbook (dated 1964) and Swansea V5.
1932 Rover 10/25hp 'Nizam' Roadster
Coachwork by Carbodies Registration no. PN 9345 Chassis no. 73043/T Engine no. 73043 Already established as a maker of quality cycles, the Rover company, of Coventry, diversified into car and motorcycle production in the early 1900s. Its first efforts were tri-cars, the first four-wheeled Rover appearing in 1904. The best-selling Rover in the immediate post-war years was the economy class twin-cylinder Eight. This was succeeded by the 9/20, a larger car with four-cylinder, water-cooled, overhead- valve engine, which in turn gave way to the 10/25 for 1928. The latter was improved for 1931, gaining a wider and lower chassis, all-steel bodywork and a four-speed gearbox, before being superseded by an entirely new Ten in 1933. In the early 1930s Rover offered a wide variety of catalogued custom body styles, including the 'Nizam' built by Carbodies of Coventry, of which the car offered here is a fine example. On the 1.2-litre 10/25 chassis the cost was E168. The Museum acquired the car from the Rover Company Ltd, who had already restored it both bodily and mechanically, in 1964. Last MoT'd in 1985, the vehicle is a runner but needs some cosmetic work. It is offered with notes from Rover historian H P Light, old-style logbook (dated 1964) and Swansea V5.
Klaus
1954 Rover 90 (LHD)
1954 Rover 90 (LHD)
Re: Rover Pre-Wilks roadster?
HI,
THE SIX CYLINDER VERSION WAS THE ROVER RAJAH.
CHEERS JEFF.
THE SIX CYLINDER VERSION WAS THE ROVER RAJAH.
CHEERS JEFF.
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